By Bishop Ann Svennungsen What does one say after the events of the past 10 days? What does one write when events have affected you more deeply than you could have imagined? To watch the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh was heart wrenching for me. Though I have not been [...]
By Pastor Deb Stehlin I had one of the most remarkable Sundays of my ministry not long ago. In the morning, I practiced the ministry of showing up, and joined the people of Edina Community Lutheran Church for their first Sunday after Pastor Stephanie died. I was a witness to these things: Seeing people enter [...]
By Bishop Ann Svennungsen It continues to amaze me how clearly I remember the people who attended our son’s funeral in 2015: My brothers’ families from California and Montana who’d just gotten back from their trips to embrace John as he was dying His grade school teacher and principal from Fargo His preschool teacher from [...]
By Bob Hulteen Two of my colleagues jokingly challenged me to work a clip from The West Wing into my next staff devotions. I would say that they know me so well but, in all honesty, you probably only have to know me for about 10 minutes to know of my addiction to this TV [...]
By Pr. Craig Pederson One of the joys of ministry is discovering insights into the ways of God through vehicles I never expected. This week, the ways of God have been revealed to me through an actual vehicle: the Rally Car! Let me explain. At this time of year, the reference to “rallying” will not [...]
By Rev. John Hulden Many years ago, year after year on the day after Labor Day, I would proclaim, “Today, I’m the happiest taxpayer ever!” Why? After another raucous and free-wheelin’ summer with four kids, Becky and I were thrilled to send our little munchkins off to public school. Thank you property taxes, income taxes, [...]
By Emilie Bouvier Yesterday evening in the waning heat of the day, I pulled through bundles of now-finally-clean-laundry to set aside assembled outfits. I quickly dug out my international outlet converter I haven’t used in five years, a couple books for the plane, my hiking boots from the back of the closet, and then stopped. [...]
By Bob Hulteen When I was little, my (much) older brother blew up my “little army men” with firecrackers. Mercilessly, he would throw some of the plastic soldiers into an empty can of Folgers with an entire pack of Black Cats. Oh, the carnage. I also watched older boys/men returning from Vietnam, with injuries that [...]
